Woman held over laptop, cellphone thefts

A 46 - year - old woman who stole a laptop
computer worth Rs 195,000 and two mobile phones worth Rs 60,000 from
a car parked at Ward Place on September 16 was arrested by
Kurunduwatte Police on Saturday.

Lankan cab driver arrested after bag theft in Saudi

A Sri Lankan taxi driver apparently could not
resist the temptation of the large bag held by a Saudi woman when
she hired him at Dubaiís airport. Just as she stepped out of the car
near her rented apartment in Barsha, he sped away with the bag. The
bag turned out to be big loot as it contained a laptop and an Ipad
device worth more than Dh4,300, which he sent to his family in Sri
Lanka.

Lap top thieves nabbed

Four youths including a minor who had stolen a
lap-top worth nearly Rs100,000 from a parked van by breaking its
glass shutters , in Nambapana, Parewithota in Ella were each
released on Rs 5,000 cash bail and Rs 500, 000 personal bond by
Horana magistrate Mahinda Ranasingha.